Jim Walding
| Jim Walding | |
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| 24th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
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In office February 25, 1982 – February 11, 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Graham |
| Succeeded by | Myrna Phillips |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
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In office 1971–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Hardy |
| Succeeded by | Bob Rose |
| Constituency | St. Vital |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 9, 1937 Rushden, England |
| Died | April 23, 2007 (aged 69) Manitoba, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Profession | Optician |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Unit | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Derek James Walding (May 9, 1937 – April 23, 2007) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1971 to 1988, and served as speaker of the assembly from 1982 to 1986. Walding was a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). In 1988, he brought down the NDP government of Howard Pawley by voting against his party's budget. This was the first time in Canadian history that a majority government was defeated by a vote of one of its own party members.
Walding was born at Rushden, Northamptonshire, England and was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School. He spent three years with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, including a stint in West Berlin. He moved to Canada in 1961, and worked in Winnipeg as a dispensing optician and contact lens fitter.
Walding supported the Labour Party in Britain, and joined the New Democratic Party of Canada in 1963. He served on the party's provincial executive in the 1960s.
Walding first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1969 provincial election. He initially sought the NDP nomination in the northeast Winnipeg division of Radisson, but lost to Harry Shafransky. He was later recruited as the party's candidate for the nearby division of St. Vital, and lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Hardy by only 23 votes. After the election, the Manitoba Centennial Corporation.
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